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Two charged in Dec. 23 Georgetown murder

A three-week investigation into the death of a North Carolina man whose body was found near Georgia Highway 204 on Dec. 23 has led to the murder charges against two suspects.

Kevin Da Palmer, 23, and Genevieve Elizabeth Meeks, 20, both of Savannah were charged Saturday by Homicide detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department with murder, malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

The investigation has been ongoing since the body of William Fredric Whitsett was found just west of King George Boulev
ard in December. An autopsy revealed he had been shot. The investigation is continuing.